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Grocery stores in Red Willow County, NE
How Red Willow County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.7M
- On groceries · $5,714 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,307
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 grocery stores in Red Willow County. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in Red Willow County comes to about $25.7M a year: $5,714 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 grocery stores, that is $8.6M per store, 8% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Red Willow County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Red Willow County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 grocery stores on map listings, Red Willow County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Red Willow County compares
The same measures for Nebraska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Red Willow County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $8.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,891 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,714 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,697 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Red Willow County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Red Willow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,307−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,504
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $63,697+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,040
- Median home value
- $159,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,147
- Daytime population
- 10,621Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 95 | 26 | 3.5 | $19.1M | +9.0% | #13 of 2,070 |
| 2Lancaster County, NE | 72 | 63 | 4.7 | $12.8M | +3.4% | #351 of 2,070 |
| 3Douglas County, NE | 65 | 153 | 6.4 | $9.7M | +3.6% | #547 of 2,070 |
| 4Saunders County, NE | 62 | 6 | 6.7 | $9.5M | +6.0% | #627 of 2,070 |
| 5Platte County, NE | 62 | 9 | 6.6 | $9M | +3.9% | #632 of 2,070 |
| 6Scotts Bluff County, NE | 59 | 8 | 5.3 | $10.7M | −1.3% | #708 of 2,070 |
| 7Buffalo County, NE | 58 | 14 | 7.0 | $8.6M | +1.9% | #756 of 2,070 |
| 8Dakota County, NE | 40 | 5 | 6.7 | $8.8M | +0.7% | #1,342 of 2,070 |
| 9Dawson County, NE | 40 | 8 | 8.7 | $6.8M | +1.5% | #1,359 of 2,070 |
| 10Dodge County, NE | 38 | 13 | 8.6 | $6.9M | +2.6% | #1,427 of 2,070 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Not scored | 3 | 6.7 | $8.6M | −3.5% |
Other business types in Red Willow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Red Willow County, NE?
There are 3 grocery stores on map listings in Red Willow County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Red Willow County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Red Willow County, NE spend on groceries?
About $25.7M a year, or $5,714 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,504 households in Red Willow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Red Willow County, NE compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Red Willow County has 6.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.6M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending.
How fast is Red Willow County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Red Willow County at 10,307 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,504 households. Median household income in Red Willow County is $63,697, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Red Willow County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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